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Elections: IDPs Commend INEC, Security Agencies Over Ease Of Voting - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
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February 23, 2019
SomeInternally Displaced Persons, IDPs in Borno state have commended theIndependent National Electoral Commission, INEC for the ease of voting fordisplaced persons.
Theyalso commended the police and other security agencies for the orderly andpeaceful conduct of the elections. The IDP camps are at the Teachers’ Village,Mogolis and Bakassi Housing Estate in Maiduguri.
Oneof the IDPs Usman Kachalla, at the Teachers’ Village camp, lauded the electoralcommission for the adequate arrangement that enabled them to exercise theirfranchise.
Twoothers, Muhammad Adamu and Fatima Ali, expressed joy over the exercise andcommended the commission for the gesture.
Alialso commended the police and other security agencies for their roles in ensuringsecurity and peaceful conduct of the election in the camps.


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Elections In Nigeria: Fresh CVR Registration Hits 10.2m - INEC - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
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June 1, 2022
INEC said this in its quarter four, week seven, released in Abuja, saying that 6.5m registrants have so far completed their registration.
The commission said that out of the people that completed their registration, 2.9million did it online, while 3.6million did physical registration.
A gender breakdown of the registration revealed that 3.3million of the persons were males, while 3.2million were females, of which 53,663 were persons with disabilities, while 4.5million were youths.

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Elections: INEC Assures No IDP Will Be Alienated In 2023 - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
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May 19, 2022
INEC Commissioner supervising Benue and Enugu states Festus Okoye, who gave the pledged while speaking with reporters in Benue State, said plans were underway to implement the policy on IDPs voting.
He also explained that the electoral body already has a policy on IDPs voting and implementation of the policy is going to pilot now.
Okoye however stressed that for every person who has registered previously and has lost their Permanent Voters Card, PVC, the Commission will give them their permanent voters’ card.
The Commissioner added that IDPs who are in their federal and state constituencies, INEC will recreate their polling units in their camps and they will be in the position to vote in the 2023 election.

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Elections: INEC Begins Move To Reform Electoral Framework, Others - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
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June 14, 2019
TheIndependent National Electoral Commission is set to embark on reforms,including the electoral legal framework, aimed at ensuring that elections inthe country are credible.
TheCommission’s Chairman, Mahmood Yakubu, made this known on Friday when the ChiefObserver of the European Union Election Observation Mission, Mariah Arena,presented the EU report on the 2019 general elections to him in his office inAbuja.
Yakubusaid as part of the reform process, the Commission would be engaging theleadership of the National Assembly on areas that require legislation.
Whilethat is going on, he said INEC would be implementing other aspects of thereform within its powers, in consultation with critical stakeholders.
Yakubudisclosed that the internal review of the 2019 general elections being carriedout by the commission would be concluded in the next two months.

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Elections: INEC Chairman Meets Resident Electoral Commissioners - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
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February 28, 2019
TheChairman of Independent National Electoral Commission, Mahmood Yakubu, met withthe Resident Electoral Commissioners at its Headquarters in Abuja.
Accordingto the information released via the Commission’s verified Twitter handle, theagenda of the meeting include was a review of the conduct of presidential andNational Assembly elections held on Saturday, February 23.
TheRECs are expected to share their experiences, the challenges encountered andthe lessons learnt.
Themeeting also has on the agenda discussions on the preparation for thegovernorship, State House of Assembly and FCT elections coming up on March 9,2019.
Yakubu, during his brief speech at the opening ceremony held at the Conference Hall of the commission in Abuja, said that governorship and House of Assembly elections would be held on March 9 in 29 states, having conducted staggered elections in seven states of the country.

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Elections: INEC Chairman Says Commission To Prosecute Electoral Offenders - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
Editor 4
May 14, 2019
The Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC has said that it would soon commence the prosecution of electoral offenders whose case files have already been prepared by the Nigerian Police.
Chairman of the Commision, Mahmood Yakubu said this today in Abuja during a meeting with stakeholders from Bayelsa State.
He also acknowledged a proposal from the Bayelsa State Government for a shift of the November 2nd governorship election.
INEC had fixed November 2nd later this year for the off-cycle governorship elections in Bayelsa and Kogi States.
The Bayelsa State Governor, Seriake Dickson, represented by his deputy, Rear Admiral Gboribiogha John Jonah, led the delegation.
He pleaded for change of date, saying that the day clashes with its yearly thanksgiving service.
He added that the programme, which has the backing of the law has been celebrated for the past seven years in the state.


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Elections: INEC Chairman Says Criticism In Order, No Process Is Perfect - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
Editor 4
June 25, 2019
The chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission INEC, Mahmood Yakubu, has said there is no perfect democracy or electoral process while accepting criticism of the elections conducted this year.
Yakubu said at the opening of post-2019 General Elections review meeting 380 Electoral Officers from 19 states across the country in Abuja.
Amidst an initial postponement and other challenges, the electoral body was hugely criticised for the conduct of the 2019 elections.
There were fire outbreaks at INEC offices in three states of the country- Plateau, Abia and Anambra, all within ten days to Nigeria’s 2019 general elections. Thousands of permanent voters’ cards PVCs and other election equipment were razed in the fire.
Despite the challenges, INEC insisted everything was in order on the eve of the set date for the presidential and National Assembly elections and dismissed suggestions of any postponement of the polls.
INEC’s decision to postpone the election was greeted with a lot of criticisms from political parties, candidates and civil society organisations.


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Elections: INEC Promises Uniform Timing Of Saturday’s Exercises Nationwide - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
Editor 4
March 2, 2019
The Independent National Electoral Commission INEChas given assurance that there would be uniform timing in the commencement ofSaturday’s Governorship and State Assembly elections nationwide.
The INEC National Commissioner in-charge of Enugu,Anambra, Benue States, Festus Okoye, gave the assurance in Enugu.
Okoye, who spoke to newsmen on the preparedness ofthe commission for the polls, also said that there would be full deployment ofthe smart card readers nationwide.
He said that the commission was ready to conductfree, fair and credible elections, adding that it had fine-tuned all theloose-ends encountered during the Presidential and National Assembly polls.
Okoye advised presiding officers to remain calm inthe face of any threats from any quarters at the polling units but score thatpolling unit zero vote at the collation centre.


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Elections: INEC Says Internal Democracy Promotes Voter Education - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
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June 12, 2019
National ElectoralCommission, INEC Stephen Ojewande has said internal democracy among politicalparties had increased voters’ education and participation.
Ojewande stated thisduring a review and refresher workshop for Training of Trainers on VoterEducation organised by Westminster Foundation for Democracy in Abuja.
He said poor turnoutof voters cannot be attributed to inefficient voters education, saying that thecommission had intense voters education activities carried out in collaborationwith other stakeholders.
According to him,factors responsible for voter apathy are the political class, and they need toget their games right in terms of internal democracy and also involvethemselves in voter’s education.
The Head of Department, Community Development Services and Social Projects, Osun Secretariat, Kayode Peters said the impact of voters education and use of the Corps Members cannot be over emphasised, adding that they are spread across communities in the country.


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June 12, 2019
The Deputy Director, Voters Education and Publicity, Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC Stephen Ojewande has said internal democracy among political parties had increased voters’ education and participation.
Ojewande stated this during a review and refresher workshop for Training of Trainers on Voter Education organised by Westminster Foundation for Democracy in Abuja.
He said poor turnout of voters cannot be attributed to inefficient voters education, saying that the commission had intense voters education activities carried out in collaboration with other stakeholders.
According to him, factors responsible for voter apathy are the political class, and they need to get their games right in terms of internal democracy and also involve themselves in voter’s education.
The Head of Department, Community Development Services and Social Projects, Osun Secretariat, Kayode Peters said the impact of voters education and use of the Corps Members cannot be over emphasised, adding that they are spread across communities in the country.


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Elections: INEC To Create Additional Polling Units - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
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November 1, 2019
The Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC said itwould by the first quarter of 2020, take courageous decisions on thecreation of additional pulling units.
INEC National Commissioner and Chairman Information andVoter Education Committee, Festus Okoye, announced this at a dialogue sessionorganised by the Nigeria Civil Society Situation Room Situation Room, in Abuja.
The session was held with INEC Resident ElectoralCommissioners, RECs, ahead of Bayelsa and Kogi states governorship elections.
Okoye said that the Commission would consult critical stakeholdersand take bold steps and decisions on the creation of additional polling unitsand alterations and or adjustment of constituencies.
He said that the Commission could no longer continue withthe ad-hoc procedure of creating Voting Points and Voting Point Settlements.
The current arrangements of voting points, according to him,is stop-gap measures to ease the voting process and create opportunities forpeople in new settlements not covered by previous polling units.
Okoye said that the Commission would also work incollaboration with the National Assembly and the office of the Attorney-Generalof the Federation in effecting reforms to the electoral legal framework.

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Elections: INEC To Resume Distribution Of PVCs — Okoye - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
Abubakar Abubakar
April 9, 2019
The Independent National Electoral Commission says it will resume the distribution of over 11 million uncollected permanent voter cards this month.
The INEC National Commissioner and Chairman, Information and Voter Education, Festus Okoye, in an interview with newsmen noted that all the uncollected PVCs were still locked up at the Central Bank of Nigeria as promised by the Commission until after the elections.
Okoye, however, noted that a supplementary election in Rivers State had yet to be concluded.
He said the collection of the PVCs will resume after the conclusion some of elections.
Speaking on PVCs destroyed at the INEC office in Qua’an Pan LGA, Plateau State few days before the elections began, the INEC commissioner said the cards had been reproduced for all the voters who submitted their names for new PVCs.
The INEC commissioner called for a multi-stakeholder approach to bolster voter registration and PVCs collections, adding that voters should refrain from waiting till the last minute to register for or collect their voter cards.

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INEC To Resume Distribution Of Uncollected PVCs - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
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July 3, 2019
The Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC says it willresume distribution of uncollected Permanent Voter Cards PVCs in Bayelsa andKogi ahead of the states’ November 16 governorship elections.
INEC National Commissioner and Chairman, Information and VoterEducation Committee, Festus Okoye, said this in an interview in Abuja.
Okoye said that the commission would soon meet to decide onwhether to hold Continuous Voter Registration CVR in the two states before theelections.
He said that INEC would also resume nationwide distribution ofPVCs immediately it concluded the ongoing review of the 2019 general elections.
The national commissioner also said that the commission wouldimmediately after the conclusion of the review exercise, resume its activitiesand preparations for Kogi and Bayelsa elections.


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Elections: Malawi Braces For Historic Presidential Rerun - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
Iliya Auta
June 22, 2020
Malawians are expected to return to the polls on Tuesday for a rerun of the Presidential election five months after the Constitutional Court cancelled the results of a disputed vote last year.
Incumbent President, Peter Mutharika had, earlier been declared the winner of the May 2019 election with a slim victory of 38.5 per cent. But opposition leaders challenged the results in Court citing enormous abnormalities which the Judges nullified the results in February and ordered a repeat of the election.
The opposition has now united under a single candidate and will take on President Mutharika – who is running for a second term in office.
The chairperson of the country’s electoral commission also stepped down and a new team to oversee the election has been put in place.
In similar vain, the chairman of the African Union commission, Moussa Faki Mahamat, has called on President Ibrahim Boubacar Keïta and opposition groups to work together to end the political crisis in the country. Opposition groups are calling for President Keïta to resign because of escalating insurgents and inter-communal violence in the country. The AU chief, in a statement, commended the peaceful character of the protests and encouraged both government and opposition to “avoid the use of violence in any form.

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Elections: Navy, Marine Police To Carry Out 24 Hrs Surveillance Of Riverine Communities - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
Editor 2
March 7, 2019
TheCommissioner of Police, Lagos State Police Command, Zubairu Muazu, has said a24-hour patrol and surveillance would be carried out on riverine communities inLagos State, as part of security measures put in place to ensure aviolence-free elections in Saturday’s governorship and House of Assemblyelections.
Healso disclosed that the suspected leader of the thugs that disrupted thePresidential and National Assembly elections in Okota area of Lagos, Demola,did not abscond from the hospital, as widely speculated.
Muazustated that Demola and other suspects, arrested in connection with electionsoffences two weeks ago, have been transferred to the Force headquarters, Abuja,following the Inspector General of Police directive.
Briefingjournalists on the Command’s preparedness towards Saturday’s elections, Muazuinformed that the command had reviewed and redoubled its strategies to ensurethe safety of Lagosians, even as he urged everyone, irrespective of his tribeto go out and exercise his civil responsibility come Saturday, without fear ofharassment.


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Elections: NGO Urges INEC To Protect Integrity Of Process - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
Editor 2
February 18, 2019
The Gender and Election Watch, GEW an initiative ofthe Nigerian Women Trust Fund, has urged the Independent National ElectoralCommission INEC to re-double efforts at protecting the integrity of theelectoral process by upholding its regulations and relevant laws.
Reacting to the postponement of the shift in thegeneral election dates, the Chief Executive Officer CEO of fund, MufuliatFijabi, in a statement, urged INEC to be more proactive and perfect itssystems.
Fijabi noted that the postponement came despiteexpressed assurances by INEC on its readiness to conduct a free, fair andcredible elections.
She said that the commission should improve on itsoperations for the conduct of credible elections and reassure Nigerians of itspreparedness.
She stressed the need for INEC to continuecollaborations with security services to provide a safe environment forpersonnel, voters, election observers and election materials.

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Elections: Nigerian Air Force Begins Airlift Of Materials - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
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February 13, 2019
The Nigerian Air Force NAF has commenced the airlift of electoral materials for the Independent National Electoral Commission INEC across the country for the conduct of the 2019 general elections.
A statement by Air force spokesperson Air Commodore Ibikunle Daramola said the airlift which started on 11th February, includes day and night missions, during which both sensitive and non-sensitive electoral materials were conveyed in batches.
The NAF aircraft will ferry the materials from the Nnamdi Azikwe International Airport, Abuja to various airports across the country.
He said the materials were duly delivered by the aircraft crew to teams of INEC and Central Bank of Nigeria CBN officials together with security personnel waiting at the various airports.
He noted that the Chief of the Air Staff, Air Marshal Sadique Abubakar, during his meeting with Air Officers Commanding and NAF Field Commanders on 1st February 2019, had expressed the readiness of the NAF to avail INEC its transport aircraft to enable expeditious movement of electoral materials, as done in the past.

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Elections: Nigerians Will Shall Prevail – INEC - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
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January 31, 2023
INEC Chairman, Mahmood Yakubu, gave the pledge when a delegation of the International Federation of Electoral System, IFES visited the electoral umpire’s headquarters in Abuja, adding that the Commission had put everything in place to conduct a free, fair and credible election.
He also explained that part of the Commission’s plan for a credible election is the decision to test-run the Bimodal Voter Accreditation System, BIVAS in order to get the machines ready for the polls.
Yakubu pointed out that whatever challenges that would be discovered during the test-run of the BIVAS machines would be addressed before the commencement of the elections on February 25.
According to him, the Commission has enough time to address such challenges.

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Elections: No Manual Accreditation For Media- INEC Warns Media Organisations - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
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January 19, 2023
The INEC Public Relations Officer in Enugu State, Victor Okafor, made the call while speaking with newsmen.
Okafor, however, appealed to media organizations/houses and journalists to do the needful on time to avoid last minute rush.
Okafor expressed dismay that till date, no media houses or individual journalists in Enugu State had been able to fill the online media accreditation form notwithstanding the publicity he personally made on it.
The online portal opened on Thursday, January 5; and it would be shut down at 5pm, Sunday, February 5 nationwide.

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Elections: Observers Want Improvement In Crowd Control At Voting Units - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
Editor 4
March 8, 2019
Domestic Election Observers in Bauchi state havecalled on the Independent National Electoral Commission and the securityagencies to provide crowd control officers at voting centres during theGovernorship and State Assembly elections.
Speaking through their team leader, Friday Maduka,during a press conference in Bauchi, the observers said there was need forproper control of voters in queues for voting to be smooth and hitch-free.
They also called on INEC to ensure that personnel handling Smart Card Readers wereadequately trained on how to operate the device.
The observers urged security agents to check the activities of political thugs  in the state to avert their being used astool to disrupt the election process.
On the role expected of media organizations, theyreminded journalists of the ethics of their progression, saying that nothingshort of highest display of patriotism was expected.


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Elections: Organization Calls For Extension Of Voters’ Registration - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
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September 6, 2021
Chairman of Anambra State chapter of the Organization, Vincent Ezekwueme in a statement pleaded with contestants, political parties, politicians and stakeholders to give peace a chance by bearing the interest of the state and citizens above their parties and personal
He also encouraged aspiring candidates to prepare their mind to accept the irrefutable fact that only one candidate will eventually emerge as winner.
The organization further applauded some communities on adequately mobilizing their citizens to obtain their voters card encouraged other communities to emulate them.

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Elections: PDP Urges European Union To Sustain Monitoring In Nigeria - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
Editor 4
June 15, 2019
The People’s Democratic Party, PDP has urged the European Union, EU and other international communities to continue to monitor electoral process in Nigeria.
PDP’s Deputy National Chairman South, Yemi Akinwonmi made the call when he received a delegation of EU Elections Observation Mission at the party’s Presidential Campaign Office in Abuja.
Akinwonmi said that continued observation of Nigeria’s elections by the international community was key to the survival of its democracy.
He said that the party would show to the whole world what happened during the last general elections at the Presidential Electoral Petition Tribunal.
Akinwonmi urged the EU to also beam search light on what would be happening in the judiciary during the proceedings at election petitions tribunals, describing the judiciary as the last hope of the common man.
Earlier, EU Chief Observer, Maria Arena said the delegation was at the party’s headquarters ahead of public presentation of the mission’s report on the 2019 elections. He added that the report had about thirty recommendations on how to improve Nigeria’s electoral process.


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Elections Postponement: EU, AU, UN, Other Observation Missions Urge INEC To Adhere To New Dates - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
Editor 2
February 17, 2019
Election Observation Missions of the European UnionEU, African Union AU, United Nations UN and others have called on theIndependent National Electoral Commission INEC to finalise all preparations andensure that the new election dates are adhered to.
They said this in a joint statement signed by eightorganisations, in light of the postponement of the general elections.
Other signatories to the statement are the electionobservation missions of the Economic Community of West African States ECOWAS,Commonwealth Observer Group and the Electoral Institute for SustainableDemocracy in Africa.
Some others are the Organisation of IslamicCooperation and the National Democratic Institute/International RepublicanInstitute.
They also said that INEC should provide regularupdates and information to the public on its preparations in the coming daysand weeks to enhance confidence and trust in the process.

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Elections Shift: National Assembly To Probe INEC - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
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March 2, 2019
The chairman, SenateCommittee on Works Kabiru Gaya has said that the National Assembly willinvestigate the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC over thepostponement of the 2019 general elections.
INEC had in the earlyhours of February 16, postponed the elections by a week, citinglogistics challenges.
Gaya told State Housecorrespondents that the postponement of the elections was responsible for thelow voter turnout recorded across the country during the just concludedpresidential and National Assembly elections.
Gaya, a fourth-termsenator at the upper chamber, said only between 30 and 40 percent of votersturned out during the just concluded elections.


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Elections Violence: IG-P Orders Immediate Prosecution Of Perpetrators Of Bayelsa - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
Editor 4
February 25, 2019
The acting Inspector-General of Police, MohammedAdamu, has ordered the immediate arrest and prosecution of perpetrators ofalleged violence against a senior police officer on Sunday in Bayelsa state.
The Deputy Commissioner of Police in charge ofFederal SARS in the state, Kola Okunola, was on Sunday allegedly taken hostageand stripped naked by thugs suspected to be sponsored by one of the politicalparties.
Okunola was held for allegedly refusing to appendhis signature on fake results sheet.
A statement issued by the Force Spokesman, Frank Mba,on Monday in Abuja, said that those involved would be prosecuted, no mattertheir positions.
The Police boss, who described the incident asunwarranted and unprovoked, warned that under his watch, such brazen acts of impunitywould not be condoned.
In a related development, the police have arrestedfive male suspects in Umuahia, Abia, for allegedly attacking a DeputySuperintendent of Police on election duty.

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Elective Offices: Bill Seeking Higher Educational Qualification Passes 2nd Reading At Reps - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
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February 9, 2022
Sponsor of the Bill, Adewumi Onanuga, while leading the argument at Tuesday’s plenary in Abuja, said the objective was to place more value on education. She also explained that the Bill was meant at enhancing the quality of elective leadership in the country, by encouraging individuals with high educational qualifications to join politics.
According to the lawmaker, the office of the Governor is the highest political office in a state ditto, the office of the President in the land. She added that such step would positively affect the quality of candidate seeking for political office in the country.
The House however resolved to unanimously adopted the Bill after a voice vote by the Deputy Speaker, Ahmed Wase who presided over the plenary.

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Electoral Act 2022: Supreme Court Reserves Judgement On Contentious Section 84(12) - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
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May 26, 2022
The seven-man panel led by Justice Mohammed Dattijo says the date The Apex Court arrived at this conclusion after taking arguments from parties and adopting their processes.
In the suit, the defendants were the National Assembly, Speaker of the Rivers State House of Assembly, and the Attorney General of Rivers State, on account of this the NBA insisted it was to represent the interest of Nigerians by joining the suit.
Counsel to the Speaker of the Rivers State House of Assembly and Attorney General of the State, Emmanuel Ukala, citing Supreme Court Additional Jurisdictions Act, said Buhari lacks locus standi to institute such a suit as he is not directly affected by the Section 84 (12) of the Electoral Act.
He said the appointees affected by the said Section Electoral Act should have been the ones to institute the suit for being shut out from exercising their rights.


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Electoral Act 84 (12): Appeal Court Halts Justice Minister From Frustrating Hearing - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
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April 11, 2022
A three-member panel, led by Justice Rita Nosakhare Pemu, in a verdict, granted the People’s Democratic Party, PDP permission to appeal, as an interested party, against the March 18, 2022 judgment by Justice Justice Evelyn Anyadike of the Federal High Court in Umuahia, Abia state.
The Appellant Court made the order in a judgment delivered at the Owerri Division on April 7 and also granted an accelerated hearing in the appeal.
The ruling was on a motion filed by the PDP, with Nduka Edede (plaintiff in the suit decided by Justice Anyadike) and the Attorney-General of the Federation as respondents.
It would be recalled that Justice Anyadike had in the March 18 judgment in the suit by Edede, held that Section 18 seb-section of the amended Electoral Act is unconstitutional and should be struck down. She also held that any other law that mandates such appointees to resign or leave the office at any time before the 30 days provided in the Constitution was unconstitutional and void to the extent of its inconsistency with the clear provisions of the Constitution.


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Electoral Act Amendment: Finally, President Buhari Signs Bill Into Law - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
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February 25, 2022
The President assented to the bill at past midday on Friday at a brief
ceremony held at the Council Chamber of the Aso Villa in Abuja.
This comes barely a week to the expiration of the window the President
has to take a decision on the proposed legislation, as required by the
Nigerian Constitution.
The President of the Senate, Ahmed Lawan, and Speaker of the House
of Representatives, Femi Gbajabiamila, witnessed the signing of the bill.
Members of the President’s cabinet in attendance included his Chief of
Staff, Professor Ibrahim Gambari, and Secretary to the Government of
the Federation, Boss Mustapha, among others.

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Electoral Act Amendment: PDP Governors Urge Buhari To Sign Bill - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
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February 15, 2022
They spoke yesterday in Yenagoa, the Bayelsa State capital, at their forum’s meeting on the state of the nation.
The party’s National Chairman Iyorchia Ayu expressed optimism that the PDP would return to power in 2023, given the unthusiasm of Nigerians towards the party.
In a communiqué after the meeting, the governors expressed the readiness of their party to take over the Presidency from the All Progressives Congress, APC.

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Electoral Act Appeal: A/Court Warns AGF, Others Against Delaying Hearing - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
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April 11, 2022
The Appeal Court, in Owerri, gave the warning when it granted nod to
the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP to join as person interested in an
appeal against the high court judgment which voided and struck down
section 84 (12)  of the Act.
The court granted PDP’s request to file its appeal as an interested person
against the decision of the Federal High Court, Umuahia, on the order
for removal of the section from the electoral law.
A Federal High Court, Umuahia division had on March 18, 2022,
declared as invalid and unconstitutional section 84 (12) of the amended
Electoral Act.
Justice Evelyn Anyadike in a judgment ordered the AGF to delete the
section from the amended Electoral Act which provides that no political
appointee at any level shall be a voting delegate or be voted for at the
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Electoral Act Bill: House Speaker Explains Reason For Injected Direct Primary Clause - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
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December 31, 2021
Gbajabiamila, who was not certain on whether or not the lawmakers would override President Muhammadu’s Buhari veto of the bill on account of the direct primaries clause, however assured citizens that the National Assembly will revisit the Electoral Act amended bill and ensure that an amended electoral is in place for future polls.
He explained that if the lawmakers muster the two-thirds majority to override President Buhari’s veto, they would do so after their recess or in the alternative remove the direct primaries clause, and pass the bill into law.
The Speakers said this during the commissioning of some projects including the Obele Mini Stadium, Dosunmu Road, Adedoyin Road, Ojikutu, Ishola Road by Randle, Rasaq Balogun Mini Stadium and the Razaq Balogun Road, Adeniran Ogunsanya in Surulere, Lagos.
Gbajabiamila spoke as torrents of reactions trailed his comment, and the way the National Assembly is handling the issue with some eminent Nigerians and groups asking the legislators to cut short their recess to tackle the issue. He added that Buhari refused to sign the bill based on advice but insisted that the direct primaries clause was meant to ensure Nigerians participated in the electoral process.

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Electoral Act Bill: Senate, House Of Reps Begin Fresh Work - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
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January 19, 2022
Senate President, Ahmad Lawan, while welcoming lawmakers from their annual break said the vacation afforded Legislators the chance to consult with their constituents and counterparts in the House of Representatives on the subject. He added that the lawmakers have resolved to look at the possibility of opening up the mode of primaries to include direct, indirect and even consensus modes.
On his part, Speaker, House of Representatives Femi Gbajabiamila said the House would re-introduce the Electoral Act Amendment Bill today and address all the concerns raised about it, pass and send it back to President Muhammadu Buhari for his assent.
Gbajabiamila, while restating the commitment of the House to give the country a new electoral law before the 2023 elections, noted that besides direct primaries, the proposed law contained other provisions that would benefit the country.

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Electoral Act: Federal High Court Declares Section 84(12) Unconstitutional - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
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March 18, 2022
The court presided over by Justice Evelyn Anyadike while delivering
judgement Friday held that the section is in violation of a provision in
the 1999 Constitution as amended and should therefore be deleted.
The section says no political appointee at any level shall be a voting
delegate or be voted for at the Convention or Congress of any political
party for the purpose of the nomination of candidates for any election.
It would be recalled that President Muhammadu Buhari had while
signing the amended Electoral Act called the attention of the National
Assembly to amend the section as it violates the Constitution and
breached the rights of political appointees.
The Presiding judge holds that the Constitution has already stipulated
that appointees of government seeking to contest elections were only to
resign at least 30 days to the date of the election and that any other law
that mandated such appointees to resign or leave office at any time
before that is unconstitutional, invalid, illegal null and void to the extent
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January 17, 2022
He made call at the citizens’ town hall Electoral Bill 2021, organised by
Yiaga Africa and partners, warning that the country will be better off if
it goes into the next election with a new electoral law because it will
enhance the integrity and the preparation of conduct of elections.
Jega also noted that the Bill contained good things that could enhance
the integrity of the electoral process apart from issues of direct primaries
because Nigeria has not had a substantive improvement on the electoral
law since 2010.
In his remarks, Governor Abdullahi Sule of Nasarawa State said the 36
State Governors are not afraid of direct primaries as being alleged by
some Nigerians, noting that what they opposed was a method that could
limit the choices of the people.
On his part, President of the Nigerian Bar Association, NBA Olumide
Akpata stated that everything about the bill spelt progress but the right
steps needed to be taken to get it right by thinking before
implementation. Also, the Executive Director, Yiaga Africa, Samson
Itodo said Nigeria had about 399 days to the 2023 elections and the
timely passage of the bill would be in the interest of deepening
democracy and national development.

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Electoral Act: Jega Cautions National Assembly Not To Override Buhari, - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
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January 17, 2022
He made call at the citizens’ town hall Electoral Bill 2021, organised by Yiaga Africa and partners, warning that the country will be better off if it goes into the next election with a new electoral law because it will enhance the integrity and the  preparation  of conduct of elections.
Jega also noted that the Bill contained good things that could enhance the integrity of the electoral process apart from issues of direct primaries because Nigeria has not had a substantive improvement on the electoral law since 2010.
In his remarks, Governor Abdullahi Sule of Nasarawa State said the 36 State Governors are not afraid of direct primaries as being alleged by some Nigerians, noting that what they opposed was a method that could limit the choices of the people.
On his part, President of the Nigerian Bar Association, NBA Olumide Akpata stated that everything about the bill spelt progress but the right steps needed to be taken to get it right by thinking before implementation. Also, the Executive Director, Yiaga Africa, Samson Itodo said Nigeria had about 399 days to the 2023 elections and the timely passage of the bill would  be in the interest of deepening democracy and national development.


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November 10, 2021
The National Assemble also permitted the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC to determine the procedure for voting and reliance on electronic transmission of results during an election.
It would be recalled that the President of the Senate Ahmad Lawan had on October 13 constituted a seven-man conference committee to meet with their counterparts in the House to synchronize the differences in the Senate and House versions of the bill.
Senate Leader Yahaya Abdullahi, who chaired the Committee in the Senate, while presenting his the report, said the bill when passed and assented into law by the President, would regulate the conduct of election in federal, state and area councils in the Federal Capital Territory, FTC.
Also, Chairman, House Committee on Media and Public Affairs, Benjamin Kalu, told reporters that with the passage of the Bill, the parliament had done its part in giving Nigerians a legal framework for credible elections in 2023.

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Electoral (Amendment) Act: Supreme Court Adjourns Malami’s Case To Thursday - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
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May 17, 2022
Buhari and the Attorney General had taken the National Assembly before the Supreme Court over Section 84 sub-section 12 of the Electoral Act, 2022 as Amendment.
The duo had in the suit filed on April 29, 2022, removed the clause in the electoral act. Both of them told the Apex Court that the Section 84 sub-section 12 of the Electoral Act, 2022 is inconsistent with the provisions of sections 42, 65, 66, 106 and 196 of 1999 Constitution as amended, as well Article 2 of the African Charter on Human and People and Peoples Rights.
It would be recalled however that Buhari while signing the amended bill into law on February 25 had urged the parliament to expunge Clause 84 sub-sections 12 of the Act. The clause reads: “No political appointee at any level shall be a voting delegate or be voted for at the convention or congress of any political party for the purpose of the nomination of candidates for any election.”


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Electoral Bill 2021: Presidency Justifies Buhari’s Rejection, Says Nigeria’s Interest First - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
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December 29, 2021
Buhari’s media aide Garba Shehu, who said this in a statement in Abuja,
was reacting to those expressing reservations over the president’s
decision to withhold assent from the Electoral Act amendment bill 2021.
He added that the President arrived at his decision to withhold assent
after careful review of the amended bill.
Shehu also dismissed the assertion in some quarters that the President’s
rejection was meant to rig the 2023 general elections in favour of his
party, the APC.
The media aide said the usual voices are making themselves heard, with
claims of election rigging and so on.

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Electoral Bill 2021: Presidency Justifies Buhari’s Rejection, Says Nigeria’s Interest First - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
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December 29, 2021
Buhari’s media aide Garba Shehu, who said this in a statement in Abuja, was reacting to those expressing reservations over the president’s decision to withhold assent from the Electoral Act amendment bill 2021.
He added that the President arrived at his decision to withhold assent after careful review of the amended bill.
Shehu also dismissed the assertion in some quarters that the President’s rejection was meant to rig the 2023 general elections in favour of his party, the APC.
The media aide said the usual voices are making themselves heard, with claims of election rigging and so on.


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January 31, 2022
This was done in accordance with the provisions of Section 58 (3) of the 1999 Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria (as amended) and the Acts Authentication Act Cap. A2 LFN 2004.
Mr. President had withheld assent to the Electoral Bill 2021 transmitted to him on 19th November 2021. The Electoral Bill was thereafter reworked by the National Assembly and both the Senate and the House of Representatives passed same on 25th January 2022.

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Electoral Bill: INEC Insists On E-Transmission Of Polls Results - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
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September 28, 2021
INEC also declared that it was not subordinate to the National Communication Commission, NCC or answerable to any government agency.
The electoral Empire however, called on the Senate and House of Representatives to quickly amend Sections 63, 65 and other relevant sections of the Electoral Act, which bar the commission from collation of election results electronically.
INEC’s National Commissioner and Chairman, Information and Voter Education, Festus Okoye, while speaking in a television programme insisted that the electronic transmission of results would guarantee safety, honesty and transparency.
In a similar incident, former Senate President Bukola Saraki, advised members of the Joint Conference Committee of the National Assembly to move fast in considering the different versions of the Electoral Act Bill passed by both chambers and let their decisions be guided only by national interest.

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Electoral Bill: NBA Advises NASS Override Buhari’s Veto Or Effect Necessary Changes - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
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December 24, 2021
It also expressed amazement over President Buhari’s refusal to sign the bill, waiting for the whole 30 days to communicate his decision.
NBA President Olumide Akpata in a statement said the association received the unfortunate, but unsurprising, news of the decision of Buhari, to decline assent to the Electoral Act Bill 2021.
He added that the association also joins other civil society groups and well-meaning Nigerians in expressing discontent with the manner of the exercise of the President’s veto.

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Electoral Offences: Army Detains Rivers Commissioner, 13 Others Over Illegal Possession Of Ballot Papers - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
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February 27, 2019
No fewer than 13 persons have been detained by theNigerian Army over illegal possession of ballot papers and bribe taking duringSaturday’s Presidential and National Assembly elections.
Among those arrested are Rivers Commissioner forUrban Development, Reason Williams and Opokri Wanaka, a serving member in theRivers State House of Assembly.
Othersare a army major and three police officers accused of collecting bribes tocompromise election materials kept inside the premises of the Central Bank ofNigeria.
Spokesmanof 6 Division, Nigerian Army, Port Harcourt, Aminu Iliyasu, spoke when heparaded the 13 suspects in Port Harcourt on Tuesday.
Iliyasu said that Williams and Wanaka were arrestedfor attempting to induce troops stationed in Akinima Area of Rivers to rig theelection in favour of an unnamed political party in the state.

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Electoral Offences: Police Says 128 Arrested Nationwide - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
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February 25, 2019
The police are holding 128 persons for electoral offencesduring Saturday’s presidential and National Assembly elections. It also saidthey had recovered 38 weapons and some explosives.
According to the Acting Inspector General of Police,Mohammed Adamu, the Special Election Investigation Team has been directed tobegin a discreet investigation of all security-related infractions during theelection and ensure that all persons found culpable are brought to book inaccordance with the law.
Following the violence recorded in some parts of thecountry, the IG also directed Zonal Assistant Inspectors-General and CommandCommissioners of Police to intensify post-election monitoring with specialfocus on collation centres.
The Police Boss warned against inciting comments andunlawful dissemination of election results, noting that the IndependentNational Electoral Commission, INEC was the only agency authorised to announceresults.��`Z��^’��


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Electoral Offenders: Police Arrest 323 Suspects - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
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March 1, 2019
TheNigeria Police Force said it has arrested 323 persons across the country foralleged electoral offences during the February 23 Presidential and NationalAssembly elections.
Theforce had earlier arrested 128 persons for alleged electoral offences.
TheActing Inspector-General of Police Mohammed Adamu, made this known during ameeting with officers in the ranks of Commissioners of Police and above onMonday in Abuja.
Hesaid that two officers of the force paid the supreme price while some otherswere assaulted and injured while discharging their duties during the polls.
Adamusaid that the Special Election Investigation Team had been directed toinvestigate all the cases, liaising with INEC to ensure prosecution.
Hesaid that the perpetrators of the violence would be fished out and brought tojustice no matter their status.
Thepolice boss reassured Nigerians and the international community of thecommitment of the force to work closely with INEC and other sister securityagencies towards a peaceful election.


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Electoral Process-2: INEC To Begin Reform Ahead Of 2023 Polls - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
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June 15, 2019
The Independent National ElectoralCommission, INEC, has announced that arrangements have been concluded to reformthe nation’s electoral system as part of moves to strengthen it ahead of 2023elections.
INEC Chairman Mahmood Yakubu wasspeaking in Abuja at a meeting with the Chief Observer of the European UnionElection Observation Mission, Maria Arena.
Yakubu promised that recommendations to be provided by the European Union Election Observation Mission, EU-EOM in the 2019 polls would form major inputs in the areas of reform expected to be submitted soon to the recently inaugurated ninth National Assembly.
He however hailed  the EU for her interest in Nigeria’s democratic process, especially for the deployment of ninety one observers to two hundred and  sixty one polling units and ninety four collation centres in thirty one states of the Federation during the last  Presidential and National Assembly elections.


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Electoral Process: EU Says Nigeria Requires Political Will To Improve Democracy - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
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June 15, 2019
The European Union Chief Observer,Maria Arena says political will is required to improve the electoral process inNigeria.
Arena spoke when she led a team fromthe European Union Election Observation Mission, EU-EOM to meet with theNational Working Committee, NWC of the All Progressives Congress, APC.
She told the APC leadership aboutthe plan to publish its final report which contained thirty recommendations onthe 2019 general elections.
She said the team deemed itimportant to meet the leadership of the governing party during its mid-termvisit because the implementation of the recommendations contained in the reportrequired political will which the APC could provide.
Arena, who underscored the need tostart the process for the reform of electoral process early, said it would betoo late to begin one year to the general elections.Responding, the APC Deputy National ChairmanSouth, Niyi Adebayo expressed the readiness of the ruling party to study thereport ‘diligently’.


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Electoral Process: INEC Says Constitutional Amendments Alone Can't Solve Challenges - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
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July 9, 2019
TheIndependent National Electoral Commission, INEC says constitutional and legalalterations and amendments alone cannot solve the challenges of the electoralprocess in the country.
TheINEC National Commissioner and Chairman, Information and Voter EducationCommittee, Festus Okoye said this at the Post 2019 General Elections Review Meetingwith the Media in Lagos.
Accordingto him, as the country looks forward to off-season elections, the media, civilsociety organisations, political parties, the executive and the legislaturemust tease out areas of the Constitution that are problematic, ambiguous orwhere we have lacuna.
Hesaid that such areas should be harvested, turned into bills and presented tothe National Assembly for legislative action.
Okoyesaid that the commission had carried out and was still carrying out in-housereview of the 2019 elections, urging all stakeholders to do the same.


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Electoral Process: INEC Seeks Decisive Action Against Offenders - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
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April 30, 2019
The Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC calls for decisive actions against electoral offenders in the country.
The Chairman of INEC, Mahmood Yakubu said made the call at the Nigeria Civil Society Situation Room Stakeholders’ Forum on Future of Elections in Nigeria, organised by a Coalition of Civil Society Organisations in Abuja.
Yakubu, who was represented by INEC’s National Commissioner and Chairman, Information and Voter Education Committee, Festus Okoye said the commission was in full support of the establishment of Electoral Offences Commission to punish offenders.
The INEC Boss said that the commission was set to design strategies to checkmate the act of vote buying and selling. He noted that vote buying and vote selling did not only undermine the cardinal democratic principles of representation, accountability and participation but compromised the inalienable rights of voters to free choice.


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Electoral Process: INEC To Begin Reform Ahead Of 2023 Polls - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
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June 15, 2019
The Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, has announced that arrangements have been concluded to reform the nation’s electoral system as part of moves to strengthen it ahead of 2023 elections.
INEC Chairman Mahmood Yakubu was speaking in Abuja at a meeting with the Chief Observer of the European Union Election Observation Mission, Maria Arena.
Yakubu promised that recommendations to be provided by the European Union Election Observation Mission, EU-EOM in the 2019 polls would form major inputs in the areas of reform expected to be submitted soon to the recently inaugurated ninth National Assembly.
He however hailed  the EU for her interest in Nigeria’s democratic process, especially for the deployment of ninety one observers to two hundred and  sixty one polling units and ninety four collation centres in thirty one states of the Federation during the last  Presidential and National Assembly elections.


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Electoral Reform: Int’l Observers Urge Implementation Of Recommendations To Check Fraud - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
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March 12, 2019
Two election observer groups have called on the FederalGovernment to fully implement the recommendations of the Mohammed Uwais and KenNnamani led political reform committees to check electoral fraud.
The International Republican Institute, IRI and the NationalDemocratic Institute, NDI made the call in Abuja in their preliminary report onthe March 9 Governorship and State Houses of Assembly elections.
The Senior Associate and Regional Director NDI ChrisFomunyoh at a news conference said the call became imperative in order tocreate appropriate institutions to assist in elections.
Earlier the African Regional Director, IRI John Tomaszeskisaid that the organisations monitored the elections and noticed that it wasmarred by irregularities, instances of intimation, vote buying and violence. Headded that the delegation was also informed of the loss of lives as resultelection-day violence.


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Electoral Reforms: Lawmakers To Get INEC’S Proposal - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
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January 9, 2020
The Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC hasprepared a far-reaching electoral reform proposal to guide future elections,beginning from 2023.
The proposal is an up-grade on the 24-point amendmentsubmitted to the Eighth National Assembly, which they failed to considerbecause of the face-off between the lawmakers and the Executive.
First on the list of new proposals, which INEC is expectedto submit to the National Assembly at the end of January for deliberation andpassage, is the reduction in the number of political parties, greater room forINEC to control collation and returning officers. Also on the list is usingnumber of accredited voters to determine outcome of polls; this, will eradicateinconclusive elections, among others.
The amendments were reached at during the multi-stakeholdersreview session on the 2019 elections.
It was leant that INEC is worried over the uncontrollednumber of mainly weak and non-existent political parties and candidates on theballot paper, which has led to economic waste.

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Electoral Reforms: NGE Seeks Improvement In Conduct Of Polls - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
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March 1, 2019
The Nigeria Guild ofEditors, NGE has called for an urgent reform of the electoral process in thecountry in order to improve conduct and credibility of elections.
The NGE made the callin a communiqué issued at the end of the first quarterly meeting of itsstanding committee in Lagos was jointly signed by its President Funke Egbemodeand Secretary Victoria Ibanga.
The guild said theFebruary 23 Presidential and National Assembly elections hadsome shortcomings and there was need to strengthen the process for betterelections in the future.
It condemned theviolence that characterised the polls in many parts of the country as well asthe destruction of electoral materials.
The Guild said therewas compelling and urgent need to address the lapses during the elections, toensure a better exercise in the future, particularly the March 9 elections.
It urged theIndependent National Electoral Commission, INEC security agencies and otherstakeholders to live above board and avoid actions that could lead to breakdownof law and order.


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Electoral Violence: Buhari Pays Tribute To Victims - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
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February 28, 2019
President MuhammaduBuhari has paid tribute to those who lost their lives either through accidentsor mindless violence during the course of the February 23elections.
The President, whospoke after he received a Certificate of Return from the Independent NationalElectoral Commission, INEC at the International Conference Centre, Abuja.
Buhari, who noted thatthe elections had been adjudged free and fair by both local and internationalobservers, enjoined all Nigerians to see the outcome of the election as victoryfor Nigeria.
The Presidenttherefore, assured that his administration would continue to engage all partiesthat have the best interest of Nigerians at heart. He said that the APC-ledadministration would remain inclusive and its doors would remain open.

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Electoral Violence: Information Minister Says FG Steps Up Youth, Voter Education - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
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April 12, 2019
Minister of Information and Culture Lai Mohammed says the Federal Government had stepped up its youths and voter education campaigns to check electoral violence.
Mohammed, who announced this in Lokoja, Kogi state at a two-day Annual Round Table on Cultural Orientation said that the campaigns would also help address all forms of manipulations.
The Minister said at the forum, which had the theme `Culture in consolidation of Nigeria’s Democracy: The Role of Women and Youths’, that democracy would remain endangered in situations where elections were characterised by violence, thuggery and all forms of manipulations.
Mohammed said that culture and democracy in contemporary times were critical factors in development.
Louis Eriomala, Acting Executive Secretary, National Institute for Cultural Orientation speaking earlier, attributed the present state of cultural and moral degeneration in the country to the neglect of cultural values.


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Electoral Violence: Political Thugs Burn Down INEC RAC In Ebonyi Community - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
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March 9, 2019
Suspectedpolitical thugs in the early hours of today set ablaze the Registration AreaCentre of the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC at OkposiUmuoghara community in Ezza North Local Government Area of Ebonyi State.
Itwas gathered that the thugs stormed the Centre said to be Polling Unit 07 andshot sporadically in the air before setting the election materials on fire.
Accordingto sources, INEC ad-hoc staff, some of whom were corps members scampered tosafety while the ensuing confusion lasted.
ThePolice Public Relations Officer Loveth Odah, said that she received a distresscall from the area concerning the worrisome development but added that furtherinformation would be made available in the course of their investigation.


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Electoral Violence: Suspected Thugs Destroy INEC Office, Materials With Explosives In Akwa-Ibom - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
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March 8, 2019
A section of theoffice of the Independent National Electoral Commission in Ibesikpo-AsutanLocal Government Area of Akwa Ibom State has been destroyed with the use ofexplosives by suspected thugs.
It was  observedthat electoral materials had been burnt in the affected offices in thebuilding, but the commission’s Resident Electoral Commissioner in the state Mike Igini, said sensitive materials meant for the conduct of theelection on Saturday were not destroyed.
Igini, who had earlierinspected the extent of damage, noted that elections would go on unhindered inthe local government area.
Security operativeshad cordoned the office and barred journalists from taking pictures.
An eyewitness, MosesEkpo, said the burning was carried out by five hoodlums on Friday. He saidnon-sensitive materials such as INEC boxes and other documents were burnt.


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November 9, 2019
Blackout looms across the country asthe nation’s power grid experienced a total collapse twice in four hours.
The grid, which is being managed by government-ownedTransmission Company of Nigeria, has continued to experience system collapseover the years amid lack of spinning reserve that is meant to forestall suchincidences.
Eko Electricity Distribution, one ofthe nation’s distribution companies, announced that the grid collapsed onyesterday and  today.
Another DISCO, Jos ElectricityDistribution, announced to its customers that there is power outage in all thefranchise states due to system collapse nationwide.

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Electricity Consumer Group Calls For Cancellation Of Service Reflective Tariff - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
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May 31, 2022
The group said it would file a suit against NERC if the energy sector regulator failed to repeal the Service Reflective Tariff after a period of 30 days in a letter addressed which was signed by the commission’s National Coordinator, Adeola Samuel-Ilori.
Samuel-Ilori noted that the approval of the Service Reflective Tariff for DisCos in September 2020 was opposed by electricity consumer groups and ordinary Nigerians for several reasons. He added that the provisions of Section 76 sub-section 7 of the Electric Power Sector Reforms Act of 2005 was not followed as the DisCos did not meet the criteria for the implementation of the Service Reflective Tariff.
According to him, the Service Reflective Tariff has become an attempt to reintroduce estimated billing from the backdoor contrary to Capping Order 197/2020 of NERC.
The National Coordinator said for instance, consumers using prepaid meters would load under the Band-A Category at 53.60 naira per kilowatt expecting to receive 20 to 24 hours power supply.


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February 27, 2020
A crosssection of electricity consumers in the Federal Capital Territory, FCT Abujahas rejected the proposed increase of electricity tariff.
Theconsumers made their stand known during a public hearing on the applicationmade by the Abuja Electricity Distribution Company, AEDC to the NigerianElectricity Regulatory Commission, NERC for electricity tariff review.
The publichearing had the theme: “Investment Toward Improvement of Power Supply andQuality Service in the Nigerian Electricity supply industry’’.
Okpe Sunday,the Executive Secretary, Manufacturers Association of Nigeria MAN, said thatconsidering tariff increase at this point would be a disservice to citizens.
On his part,the National Secretary, Nigeria Electricity Consumers Advocacy Network NECAN,Uket Obonga, said that NERC could not be talking of tariff increase withoutknowing the number of people connected to electricity supply.

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Electricity: Development Bank Boosts Nigeria’s Power Sector With $200m - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
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March 10, 2020
The African Development Bank, AfDB is to invest 200 million dollars through the Rural Electrification Agency, REA to boost electricity supply in the country.
The Bank’s Acting Vice President, Power,Energy, Climate and Green Growth Complex Wale Shonibare stated this when he ledmanagement staff of the bank on a visit to the Minister of State for Power,Goddy Jedy-Agba in Abuja.
Shonibare, who is also the Director,Energy and Installation in the bank, said the Bank board had approved 200million dollars for the sector through REA to support the roll out of minigrids.
He added that the bank was also very involved in the transmission sector of the country as it had a 410 million dollars project to support transmission.
The Minister while responding said the Federal Government is willing to do more in partnership with Alternative Energy Development Board, AEDB to provide electricity for Nigerians. He noted that electricity is the bedrock of development, adding that if the country could get it right with technology, they could also do the same with power.


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Electricity: Federal Government Opens Talks On Kaduna Power Plant - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
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January 5, 2022
Minister of Power, Engineer Abubakar Aliyu, who said it is too early to give a new completion timeline, however explained that there are presently four partners handling the project while the ministry was interfacing with the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation, NNPC on the supply of gas as soon as the project is completed.
He added that the project has reached over 80 per cent completion but the work was delayed, as the government is now trying to revive it.
The Minister also stressed that the Federal Government has a lot of such plants such as the Gurara with 30 megawatts, the Zungero with 700 megawatts, Kashimbilla which is already giving 40 megawatts to the grid, and the Dadin Kowa with 40 megawatts to increase the energy.
The power plant, a project of the Federal Ministry of Power was awarded in 2009 to General Electric and Rockson Engineering for a dual thermal plant using diesel and gas. The project has been delayed for almost 11 years. Governor Nasir El-Rufai of Kaduna State also hinted that because the national grid has not been reliable, the State Government is looking at building its own transmission network.

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Electricity: Federal Government Settles N3.5trn Of N4trn Invoices Of GENCOS - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
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March 18, 2022
The Nigerian Bulk Electricity Trading Company, NBET, a Special Purpose Vehicle, SPV set up by the Federal Government to act as intermediate between power generators and distributors, noted that the amount represents close to 90 per cent of the total indebtedness.
NBET Managing Director Nnaemeka Ewelukwa explained that with that amount, the federal government has shown commitment to keeping the sector afloat despite the challenges of funding. He noted that although most of the funding is not directly from the government, as an intermediary, the company collects market remittances for onward payment to the GENCOS.
But the new figure runs contrary to the position of the Association of Power Generation Companies, APGC, aegis body of the Gencos, which during the week stated that the power supply situation in the country was worsening because the generation companies were being owed over 1.6 trillion naira.
Executive Secretary APGC Joy Ogaji however argued that a situation where the energy dispatched by the power generators is used as an index for power generation capacity was detrimental to the Gencos’ survival.


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Electricity: Federal Government To Limit Estimated Bills February - NERC - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
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January 7, 2020
TheFederal Government planned to regulate estimated electricity bills issued bypower distribution companies, DisCos, to the unmetered customers from February.
Accordingto the Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission, NERC the FederalGovernment’s power sector regulator, DisCos that fail to provide meters tocustomers would only be permitted to issue a covered sum as estimated bills tothe power consumers.
TheCommission’s Chairman, James Momoh, told newsmen in Abuja that once theguideline is released, unmetered customers would only pay what NERC compelledDisCos to collect as estimated bills.
Henoted the Commission will do everything within its powers to ensure thatelectricity distribution companies provide meters through the Meter AssetProviders, MAP to their customers.
Momohexplained that the capping guideline would make customers seek for meters,adding that it would also make power distributors provide the facility. He saidthe regulated fee would be to the advantage of estimated power users.

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Electricity: FG Commissions N146m National Grid Connected Solar Plant In Torankawa, Sokoto - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
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February 13, 2019
The Federal Government has commissioned a 146 million naira national
grid connected 60 KiloWatt solar mini-grid electricity plant to supply
power to 350 households in Torankawa community in Sokoto State.
The project was initiated by the Department of Renewable and Rural
Access, Federal Ministry of Power, Works and Housing, under the
Renewable Energy Micro Utility Programme.
The project, commissioned by the Minister of Women Affairs and Social
Development, Aisha Abubakar was funded with proceeds from the
Nigerian Sovereign Green Bond issued by the Federal Government in
2017 .
The project which is Public Private Partnership driven, was developed
by Messers News Engineering Nigeria Ltd and Protogy Global Services
Ltd, indigenous companies operating in the country.
The acting Director in the ministry, Faruk Yusuf said the project would
provide electricity to 350 households and 20 Small and Medium
Enterprises.
According to him, the plant will supply power to ultimately 1,750 people
in the community.

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Electricity: FG, DISCOs Declare 2-Month Free Supply To Nigerians - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
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April 9, 2020
The Electricity Distribution Companies, DisCos has agreed with the Federal Government to provide a two-month rebate of free electricity to customers nationwide.
Read This: Power: Report Says Sector Loses N2.1bn To Insufficient Gas Supply
DisCos’ Spokesman, Sunday Oduntan,in a statement said this is in recognition of the challenging effects ofcoronavirus pandemic on the economic and daily lives of the customers.
He explained that DisCos’  alsocompletely aligned with the plans to ensure palliative steps, including freeelectricity supply to all Nigerians for two months, to make life easier, duringthe lockdown period.
Oduntan added that the initiative isa fulfillment of the DisCos’ commitment to the nation as they alignedthemselves with the efforts of the legislature and the executive to mitigatethe hardships currently being borne by their customers and Nigerian citizens.
The DisCos commended the NationalAssembly, the Executive and the Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission forthe initiative, saying they were committed to working with them to ensure moreefficient power supply within the difficult period.


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Electricity: FG Injects N600bn Into Power Sector - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
Editor 4
August 21, 2019
President Muhammad Buhari has said that the powersector is going to get N600bn intervention from the Federal Government verysoon.
He stated this while signing for the release of thefund, it was gathered on Wednesday in Abuja.
The Market Operator, Transmission Company ofNigeria, Edmond Eje, disclosed this while speaking on the sidelines of thethird MO interactive stakeholders’ forum.
Eje said the plan to release this fund is at anadvanced level.


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Electricity: FG, Power Firms Disagree On Stranded 2,000mw - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
Editor 2
February 17, 2019
Electricity distribution companies do not believethat there are about 2,000 megawatts of electricity that are stranded in theNigerian power sector.
According to the Discos, the Federal Government’scontinuous claim that about 2,000MW of electricity had been stranded for overone year is difficult to comprehend.
In June 2018, the Minister of Power, Works andHousing, Babatunde Fashola, declared that about 2,000 megawatts of electricityproduced by power generation companies had been left stranded, as Discos lackedthe capacity to take all the generated electricity.
To effectively utilise the stranded power, thegovernment introduced the Eligible Customer Policy, an initiative that empowerspower consumers to buy electricity directly from generation companies insteadof waiting to be supplied power by the Discos.
The policy, however, had yet to yield the desiredresults, as the Permanent Secretary, Federal Ministry of Power, Works andHousing, Louis Edozien, announced at a workshop in Abuja that since two yearsafter the Eligible Customer Policy was unveiled by Fashola, no one had beenfully licensed to enjoy the initiative.

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Electricity: FG Raises Tariff For Customers Enjoying 20-Hour Power Supply. - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
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April 4, 2024
At a press briefing in Abuja on Wednesday, NERC’s Vice Chairman, Musliu Oseni, said the increase will see the customers pay N225 kilowatt per hour from the current N66.
The customers under Band A are those who enjoy 20 hours of electricity supply daily.
Oseni said these customers represents 15 percent pf the 12 million electricity customers in the country.
He added that the commission had also downgraded some customers on the Band A to Band B due to non-fulfilment of the required hours of electricity provided by the electricity distribution company.


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Electricity: FG Set To Deploy Biogas For Power Generation - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
Editor 4
July 23, 2019
The Federal Government has affirmed its readiness to deploy biogas for electricity generation nationwide.
The Head of Department of Environmental Biotechnology and Bio- conservation Department, National Biotechnology Development Agency, NABDA, Gloria Obioh who stated this in Abuja said the government fabricated bio-digesters adapted to local conditions to generate about twenty thousand megawatts through conversion of organic wastes.
She expressed optimism that the bio-digesters produced by NABDA for electricity generation, would also create jobs and raise the country’s Gross Domestic Product, GDP.
According to Obioh, apart from enhancing food security through the utilisation of bio-fertilizer to boost soil fertility, it will also create jobs across all value chains including digester fabrication, energy generation, waste management, bio-fertilizer production among others


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Electricity, Fuel Price: Fg, Labour Meet Thursday Over Hike - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
Editor 6
September 23, 2020
The Federal Government will on Thursday meet again with the Nigeria Labour Congress and Trade Union Congress on the threat by the organised labour to proceed on an indefinite strike and protest over the hike in electricity tariffs and fuel pump price.
The FG is expected to unfold its palliative plans during the parley which would hold at the Banquet hall, Presidential Villa, Abuja.
The Deputy Director, Press and Public Relations, Federal Ministry of Labour and Employment, Charles Akpan, disclosed the meeting date in an email on Wednesday.
The FG and the unions had met penultimate Tuesday but the dialogue ended in a deadlock following the failure of the government to reverse the price increase or offer palliatives to cushion the effects on the workers.
The NLC and TUC subsequently declared strike and protest scheduled to commence from Tuesday.

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Electricity: Gas Shortage Hits 16 Gencos, As Nigerians Face Blackout For 10 Days - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
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March 9, 2020
Gas shortage has hit 16 power generating plants affecting power generation at its highest point to drop to 3,675 megawatts.
Alsothe drop in power supply will continue for another 10 days until scheduledmaintenance is completed on the gas pipelines.
Dailygeneration statistics obtained from the Independent System Operator, ISO asection of the Transmission Company of Nigeria, TCN puts peak generation at4,055 Megawatts on Friday but dropped to 3,236 Megawatts at the close of theday.
TheTCN’s Spokesperson, Ndidi Mbah in statement confirmed this, saying the nation’spower sector is experiencing power supply shortage caused by low gas supplywhich has restrained the ability of many thermal power stations to generateoptimally.
Itsaid four Generation Companies, GenCos generated zero megawatts   onFriday due the cut in gas supply.
TCNsaid the gas constraint has caused major reduction in the quantum of powertransmitted to the various Distribution Companies, DisCos for supply toelectricity consumers.


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Electricity: Gbajabiamila Pledges To End Estimated Billing System - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
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September 19, 2019
The House of Representatives Speaker,Femi Gbajabiamila has said that the National Assembly will ensure thatNigerians get sufficient supply for the electricity bills they pay for.
Speaking when he received managementteam of the Transmission Company of Nigeria, TCN during a visit to his officein Abuja, the Speaker said it was the House’s responsibility to make lifeeasier for Nigerians.
He frowned on the practice ofestimated billing by electricity distribution companies, DISCOS, assuring thatthe House would not tolerate a situation where DISCOS take advantage to presentoutrageous bills to Nigerians, hence the resolve by members to revisit theissue and enact a law that would end estimated billing.
Commending the current management ofMohammed, Gbajabiamila tasked them to work closely with the House and relevantcommittees to achieve its goals.
Earlier in his presentation, TCNManaging Director U. G.Mohammed said the company has been repositioned sincethe current management took over.

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Electricity: GENCOS Releases 3,531 MWH To National Grid - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
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September 19, 2019
ElectricityGeneration Companies, GenCos, comprising gas-fired and hydro stations, saidthey released an average of 3.531 Megawatts-hour of electricity into thenational grid on Wednesday.
Thisis contained in a daily energy report by the Advisory Power Team, Office of theVice President, and made available to Newsmen in Abuja on Thursday.
Thereport said that the electricity sent out by the GenCos was up by 163.15megawatts from the figure released on Wednesday.
Ithowever, said that 1,128.50 megawatts could not be generated due tounavailability of gas.
Thereport noted that 222.5 megawatts were also not generated due to unavailabilityof transmission infrastructure during the period.
Similarly,it said that 2,400.50 megawatts were not generated due to high frequencyresulting from unavailability of distribution infrastructure.
Accordingto the report, zero (0) megawatts was recorded as losses due to watermanagement procedures.


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Electricity Generation Drops Below 2,500mw - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
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August 6, 2019
Thenation’s electricity generation has dropped below two-thousand-five-hundredmegawatts amid low load-demand by the distribution companies, Discos.
TheNigeria Electricity System Operator says total output from the nation’stwenty-seven power plants dropped to two-thousand-six-hundred-andforty-nine-point-one megawatts on Friday, and it further fell to  two-thousand-four-hundred-and-ninety-twomegawatts on Saturday.
Latestdata obtained on Sunday showed that two-thousand-one-hundred-and-twenty-sixmegawatts generation capacity was unavailable as of Thursday, as a result oflow load-demand by the Discos.
Thesystem operator put the nation’s installed generation capacity attwelve-thousand-nine-hundred-and-ten-point-forty megawatts; available capacityat seven-thousand-six-hundred-and-fifty-two-point-six megawatts; transmissionwheeling capacity at eight-thousand-one-hundred megawatts; and the peakgeneration ever attained at five-thousand-three-hundred-and seventy-fivemegawatts.
Thenation generates most of its electricity from gas-fired power plants, whileoutput from hydro-power plants makes up about thirty percent of the total.

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Electricity Generation Drops By 7% To 3,284mw - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
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May 23, 2022
Transmission Company of Nigeria, TCN however explained that the Federal Government is making effort to deliver two units of 330 kilovolt power transmission substations in Katsina and Kano states.
Managing Director of the company Sule Abdulaziz assured that the agency would deliver two units of 330 kilovolt transmission substations in Katsina and Kano states along with the transmission lines in the next year to boost the power supply in the states.
He made the pledge while inspecting the 330/132/33 kilovolt Katsina Substation project and the Rimi Zakaria Substation in Kano, on behalf of the Minister of Power, Abubakar Aliyu saying the transformers and structures are in place at the Katsina Substation.
Abdulaziz added that the substation facility has two units of 150 Megavolt Ampere power transformers and two units of 60 Megavolt Ampere power transformers.


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Electricity Generation: Power Grid Collapsed Again After Personnel Suspend Strike - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
Editor 2
December 14, 2019
Nigeria’s power grid collapsed aftera disruption the previous day following the industrial strike by workers acrossthe country.
Different electricity distributioncompanies said the grid collapsed despite the fact that workers had suspendedtheir strike action.
Earlier, members of the NationalUnion of Electricity Employees, NUEE suspended their one-day strike after theaction disrupted the nation’s network for hours.
The Transmission Company of Nigeria,TCN started the restoration of the grid after the workers suspended theirstrike, only for the network to collapse again Friday afternoon.
Power generation figures obtainedfrom the TCN, showed that the instability of the grid in the past two days ledto a situation where no electricity was stated as generated for December 10,11, 12 and 13.
Eko Electricity Distribution Companyin a notice on its Twitter handle, expressed hope that the grid would beenergised fully after the suspension of the strike, but this was punctured byanother collapse on Friday.

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Electricity: Minister Says Federal Government To Boost Generation In Afam Power Station - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
Editor 2
November 8, 2019
The Minister of Power, Saleh Mamman has assured of FederalGovernment’s plan to increase electricity generation in Afam Power Station inRivers State.
Mamman who made this known in Port Harcourt, said the planis aimed at increasing electricity target, and channel it to the national gridfor onward distribution to all the 36 states of the federation and beyond.
According to the Minister, the tour of the power station is toascertain its present status and strengthen the efforts towards an increasedelectricity target.
He  also announced that the prospects in the power station were huge,saying it played host to six power stations of various turbine capacities.
Mamman said that presently, not all the turbines in thestations were working, adding that only about four of the six stations werecurrently functional. On metering and electricity billing, the minister saidthat the Federal Government had no business in direct power distribution.

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Electricity: Nation’s Power Generation Hits 4,898.2 Megawatts - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
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January 10, 2020
The total electricity generated on the national grid sincethe beginning of 2020 reached a peak of 4,898.2 megawatts on Wednesday.
Findings from the Federal Ministry of Power showed that thegrid had opened the year 2020 with a peak power generation offour-thousand-six-hundred-and-seventy-eight-point-eight megawatts, while thelowest quantum of energy generated on the same day was put atthree-thousand-three-hundred-and-ninety-nine-point-three megawatts.
This came as the Transmission Company of Nigeria, TCNenergised a new 100 Mega-Volt Ampere, 132/33 kilovolt power transformerinstalled in Ogba Transmission Substation, Lagos State.
Further analysis of the eight-day power generation reportsince 2020 began showed that the lowest quantum of electricity generated duringthe period was 2,461.1 megawatts. This figure was recorded on January 3rd,while the peak power generation on the same day was 4,406.8 megawatts.
The company’s General Manager, Public Affairs, Ndidi Mbah,stated that prior to the installation of the 100MVA transformer, the Ogba substationhad a total of two units of 60MVA 132/33kV transformers and one unit of 45MVA132/33kV mobile power transformer.

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Electricity: Nationwide Blackout, As Grid Collapses - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
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April 30, 2020
The national electricity grid system again recorded another major breakdown, throwing several parts of the country into total darkness.
The system collapsed twice in less than two hours on January 16, resulting in power outage in parts of the country.
The Transmission Company of Nigeria, TCN, General Manager Public Affairs, Ndidi Mbah, while confirming the latest development, explained that the blackout is as a result of loss of supply on the national grid. She added that the National Control Centre, NCC commenced immediate restoration which has been completed nationwide, except for the Eastern axis which is still ongoing and would be completed shortly.
On his part, a power expert and partner at Bloomfield Law Practice, Ayodele Oni said loss of supply on the grid would only affect some parts of the country in the process of power evacuation from point A to B while system collapse would involve the entire loss of power across the country. He also noted that since the latest incident which TCN alluded to was nationwide loss of supply on the national grid, it could as well mean that it was a system collapse.


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Electricity: NERC Halts TCN Tariff Public Hearing, Orders Customers Briefing - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
Editor 4
March 13, 2020
The Nigerian Electricity RegulatoryCommission, NERC has suspended a public hearing stipulated for Monday 16 onthe application for the extraordinary tariff review for the TransmissionCompany of Nigeria, TCN insisting that the company must fully prepare to briefcustomers with details.
NERC Vice Chairman and Chairman ofthe three-man hearing panel, Sanusi Garba, who declared the hearing open inAbuja and listened to TCN’s presentation, said the briefing was sketchy andthat the agency must fully respond to questions from customers.
He lamented the Transmission Companywas not prepared for hearing and to provide elaborate response to theconsumers.
Garba also noted that the publichearing was at the instance of TCN, which seeks tariff review to provideancillary services including Spinning Reserve to stabilise the national grid.
The Market Operator at TCN EdmundEje had explained that the transmission company did a competitive procurementand contracted six Generation Companies, GenCos to provide 220 megawattsspinning reserve which could cut down rising incidences of system collapses.


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Electricity: NERC Says No Tariff Increase For Customers Enjoying Under 12 Hours Daily - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
Editor 6
September 13, 2020
The Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission, NERC has insisted that electricity Distribution Companies, DisCos must not increase tariffs of customers enjoying less than 12 hours of power supply daily.
NERC Commissioner, Legal Licensing and Compliance Dafe Akpeneye, made the clarification during the regulatory agency’s online town hall meeting with customers on the new electricity tariff regime.
It would be recalled that DisCos had on September 1 announced the implementation of new Service Reflective Tariff Plan, SRT across their franchise areas. It also noted that the classes of customers had been categorised into five bands with bands D and E who were not enjoying 12 hours daily power supply not affected by the new tariff plan.
However, Akpeneye, who was responding to claims by some customers that the DisCos were not adhering to the increment terms, maintained that those below 12 hours supply daily should not experience any increment.
He also explained that the hours and bands were decided by the commission after consultations but customers were assigned to the bands by the DisCos.

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Electricity: NERC Stops Discos’ Estimated Billing - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
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February 25, 2020
The Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission, NERC hasordered the 11 electricity distribution companies, Discos to stop furthercollection of electricity bill under the estimated billing system.
NERC’s Chairman, James Momoh and Commissioner, Legal,Licensing and Compliance, Dafe Akpeneye, say the suspension order takes effectfrom February 20, and has been circulated to all Discos concerned.
The Commission ordered further that based on the above, theestimated billing methodology is hereby repealed and shall cease to have effectas a basis for computing the consumption of unmetered customers in NESI.
The order also instructed that the energy cap prescribed bythe commission shall only apply to R2 and C1 customers, adding that all othercustomers on higher tariff classes must be metered by Discos no later thanApril 30, 2020, failing which these customers are not liable to pay anyestimated bill issues by Discos
Meanwhile, ahead of the April target for the likelyintroduction of new electricity tariffs, NERC said it will, begin a nationwideconsultations with stakeholders.
According to a notice the consultations will hold fromFebruary 25 to March 11 in 12 locations nationwide.

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Electricity: NSE Urges FG To Increase Tariff, Fix Infrastructure - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
Editor 4
April 27, 2019
The Nigerian Society of Engineers, NSE has called on the Federal Government to fix the country’s electricity infrastructure.
The Society’s President, Adekunle Mokuolu who spoke during a memorial lecture in honour of a former National Vice Chairman of the society, John Egbe, also called for an upwards review of electricity tariff.
The President observed that an upwards review of the tariff would boost the power sector.
According to Mokuolu, current problems in the sector, including estimated billing, could be addressed by raising the tariff. He said the challenge with the power sector in Nigeria is not principally with the engineers but the problem is on how they manage the various components that make up the sector like finance, policy, management and infrastructure.


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Electricity: Oil Workers Warn FG Against Hike In Tariff - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
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March 25, 2019
Oilworkers have warned the federal government against any hike in electricitytariff.
ThePetroleum and Natural Gas Senior Staff Association of Nigeria, PENGASSAN saidconsumers should not be forced to pay for services that are not rendered.
TheAssociation said in a communique after a national executive council meeting inLagos that it would not condone any attempt at hiking the current electricitytariffs as it is being contemplated.
Theunion’s President Francis Olabode and General Secretary Lumumba Okugbawa saidelectricity consumers should pay for services rendered, not seem to have beenrendered.
Theunion insists that tariff can only be hiked when electricity is stable.
It,therefore urged government at all levels to create the enabling environment sothat the country’s abundant gas resource can be harnessed to provide investorsin the energy sector with ample opportunities to invest in and flourish.


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ELECTRICITY: Osinbajo says Nigerians will pay for tariff if services become adequate - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
Iliya Auta
June 22, 2020
Vice President Yemi Osinbajo, says Nigerians are willing to pay for electricity if the services they receive from the distribution companies are constant and better.
Osinbajo, who expressed the view while featuring in a webinar on Economic Sustainability Beyond COVID-19 organised by Emmanuel Chapel in Abuja, adding that it is not true that citizens did not want to pay more for power, as they had been unhappy with the poor service over the years.
The Vice President who was reacting to a question posed by the former Emir of Kano, Muhammad Sanusi the second, said he  referred to it that income elasticity is more important for persons living in the rural area and for the poor who need to have electricity for whatever means of livelihood they have.
Osinbajo listed Sabon Gari market in Kano,  Ariaria market in Aba and Sura market in Lagos and so many different parts of the country as instances where people paid for better services.
According to the number two citizen, the question really is one of services as there must be a way of promising service in exchange for tariff increase which is really the point being made with the DisCos.


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Electricity: PDP, Others Kick, As NERC Denies Increasing Tariff - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
Editor 2
January 6, 2020
The People’s Democratic Party, PDP and other stakeholders have rejected the alleged electricity tariff increase, as the regulatory agency refuted approving any increase.
Therewere reports indicating that electricity consumers would pay more tariff fromApril this year, based on a slight review of the Multi Year Tariff Order, MYTO2015 and the Minimum Remittance Order, MRO for 2020 published by NigerianElectricity Regulatory Commission, NERC.
Inits reaction, the PDP National Publicity Secretary, Kola Ologbondiyan, in astatement described the alleged increase in electricity tariff as an attempt toworsen the fleecing of Nigerians, who are already. It added that the intendedincrease as unfair and completely against the interest and wellbeing ofNigerians.
Also,the National Coordinator of the Human Rights Writers Association of Nigeria,HURIWA, Emmanuel Onwubiko and the National Media Affairs Director Zainab Yusuf,said the focus of the Federal Government should not be to impose grave hardshipon the populace, but on how quality education could be delivered to millions ofthe children of Nigerian suffering families that would be returning to schoolsin the next few days.

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Electricity: Police Arrest 39 Suspects Over Alleged Attempt To Destroy KEDCO’S Facilities - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
Editor 4
June 6, 2019
The Police in Kano state said that they had arrested 39 suspects for allegedly trying to destroy Kano Electricity Distribution Company’s facilities at Zangon Dakata power substation in Kano metropolis.
The command’s Public Relations Officer, DSP Haruna Abdullahi, confirmed the arrest in an interview with Newsmen in Kano on Thursday.
He said the suspects were among the large crowd that stormed the area, protesting poor power supply and attempted to destroy facilities.
He said normalcy had since returned to the area,following the deployment of additional security personnel to maintain law and order.
An eyewitness said that the protesters,who stormed the substation around 10 a.m, had attempted to destroy facilities but were dispersed by some armed policemen.


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Electricity: Power Generation Falls To 3,390mw, Seven Plants Idle - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
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June 25, 2019
The nation’s power generation dropped toabout three thousand, three hundred megawatts as seven plants, including threebuilt under the National Integrated Power Project sat idle.
Electricity generation has been hoveringaround two thousand six hundred megawatts and three thousand eight hundredmegawatts every day, since the start of this month, according to data obtained.It plunged to about two thousand six hundred megawatts on June 7.
Data from the Nigeria Electricity SystemOperator, an arm of the Transmission Company of Nigeria, showed that totalgeneration fell slightly to about three thousand, four hundred.
The amount of electricity produced bythe nation’s twenty seven power plants stood at three to eight hundredmegawatts, the highest level achieved so far this month at that time of theday.


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Electricity: Power Outage Mounts As Grid Collapses Twice In 18 Hours - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
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May 9, 2019
The national electricity grid has collapsed again today, Thursday.
A source in the industry said this is coming less than  eighteen hours after a similar collapse on Wednesday.
While the previous collapse was restored, the latest collapse has left many states without power completely.
The source said for nearly two hours, the entire franchise of Abuja Electricity Distribution Company, AEDC comprising Kogi, Abuja, Nasarawa, and Niger States have zero megawatts, no electricity.
It was gathered that the collapse also affected states like Kaduna, Sokoto, Kano and Katsina under Kaduna Electric and Kano DisCo.
Although the remote and immediate causes are being ascertained, officials of the Transmission Company of Nigeria, TCN said they are working hard to restore the power grid shortly.